I am very pleased the hat now has such a good home!
This was the hat of (S.Sgt.) John F Sukey, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 80. Others here in the Barracks might remember him as a military reenactor, collector of Victorian-era British militaria and proprietor of the online shop "British Military Accoutrements". I never got to meet John in the flesh,but we communicated off and on for years. Another "online acquaintance" of mine purchased a "lot" of several items from the online auction of John's collection, which happened to include this hat, and he sent it to me since it was not in his area of interest but was aware of my conncection with John …
Photo of John sukey in Royal Arillery uniform is attached … and here, for anyone who might be interested is a link to his obituary online -
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tucson/name/john-sukey-obituary?id=13612184